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XC 1, 2, 3, 4 (Xingchen 1, 2, 3, 4)

Xingchen or XS series consists of four small satellites built by the National University of Defense Technology (NUDT).

The Xingchen picosatellites have the dimensions of 98 mm × 98 mm × 7 mm and a weight of 100 g.

The four satellites will fly in formation with TT-3 and NUDT-PhoneSat to test out inter-satellite communication techniques. Two of the four will be controlled by TT-3 and the other two by the PhoneSat. The main satellite will also track ship AIS and airplane signals.

They were launched in a cluster of 20 satellites on the maiden flight of the CZ-6 rocket.